The attention these gained him has been attributed as later helping launch his writing career, following his failure to publish his first novel attempt, Theft of Pride. He also briefly worked on another comic, Cheshire Crossing (bridging Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins) from 2006 to 2008. He authored a humor web comic, Casey and Andy, featuring fictionalized ' mad scientist' versions of himself and his friends (such as writer Jennifer Brozek) from 2001 to 2008. Weir began writing science fiction in his twenties and published work on his website for years.

He worked as a programmer for several software companies, including AOL, Palm, MobileIron, and Blizzard, where he worked on the video game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. Īfter high school, Weir studied computer science at the University of California, San Diego, though he did not graduate. At the age of 15, he began working as a computer programmer for Sandia. Weir grew up reading classic science fiction such as the works of Arthur C. He was an only child, and his parents divorced when he was eight. His father, John Weir, was a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, and his mother was an electrical engineer. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016 and his 2021 novel Project Hail Mary was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. Campbell Award for Best New WriterĪndrew Taylor Weir /wir/ (born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist and former computer programmer. Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction

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